Sen. Brian W. Stewart
Filed: 4/16/2021
 
 

 

 

 
10200SB1476sam001LRB102 11254 RJF 25375 a



1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1476 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1476 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
 
4    "Section 5. The Intergovernmental Drug Laws Enforcement 
5Act is amended  by changing Section 3 as follows:
 



6    (30 ILCS 715/3)  (from Ch. 56 1/2, par. 1703)



7    Sec. 3. 
A Metropolitan Enforcement Group which meets the 
8minimum
criteria established in this Section is eligible to 
9receive State grants
to help defray the costs of operation. To 
10be eligible a MEG must:

11        (1) Be established and operating pursuant to 
12    intergovernmental
contracts written and executed in 
13    conformity with the Intergovernmental
Cooperation Act, and 
14    involve 2 or more units of local government.

15        (2) Establish a MEG Policy Board composed of an 
16    elected official, or
his designee, and the chief law 
 
 
10200SB1476sam001- 2 -LRB102 11254 RJF 25375 a

1    enforcement officer, or his designee,
from each 
2    participating unit of local government to oversee the

3    operations of the MEG and make such reports to the 
4    Department of State
Police as the Department may require.

5        (3) Designate a single appropriate elected official of 
6    a
participating unit of local government to act as the 
7    financial officer
of the MEG for all participating units 
8    of local government and to
receive funds for the operation 
9    of the MEG.

10        (4) Limit its operations to enforcement of drug laws; 
11    enforcement of
Sections 10-9, 24-1, 24-1.1, 24-1.2, 
12    24-1.2-5, 24-1.5, 24-1.7, 24-1.8, 24-2.1,
24-2.2, 24-3, 
13    24-3.1, 24-3.2, 24-3.3, 24-3.4, 24-3.5, 24-3.7, 24-3.8, 
14    24-3.9,24-3A, 24-3B, 24-4, and 24-5 and subsections

15    24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(6), 24-1(a)(7), 24-1(a)(9), 
16    24-1(a)(10), and 24-1(c) of the
Criminal Code of 2012; 
17    Sections 2, 3, 6.1, 14 of the Firearm Owners 
18    Identification Card Act; and the investigation of 
19    streetgang related offenses.

20        (5) Cooperate with the Department of State Police in 
21    order to
assure compliance with this Act and to enable the 
22    Department to fulfill
its duties under this Act, and 
23    supply the Department with all
information the Department 
24    deems necessary therefor.

25        (6) Receive funding of at least 50% of the total 
26    operating budget of
the MEG from the participating units 
 
 
10200SB1476sam001- 3 -LRB102 11254 RJF 25375 a

1    of local government.

2(Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)".